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Monday, August 24, 2020

A stressed brain; Top 4 Most Common Causes of Your Headache


With the increased stress of being in the midst of a pandemic, people might be acting out more than they usually do.


FOR months, the nation has been assaulted by an invisible enemy that has the upper hand.

The stress of the Covid-19 pandemic has many wondering, how is this affecting the mental health of the populace?

At their best, Americans are feeling distracted, forgetful, disorganised and helpless.

At their worst, there are highly publicised incidents of deniers who have screaming meltdowns in stores when they are told to wear face masks.

Yale University professor of neuroscience and psychology Dr Amy Arnsten says that all psychiatric disorders have a neurobiological basis.

In short, it isn’t psychological weakness, it’s a prefrontal cortex overloaded with chemicals.



“If you understand the neurology behind it, you feel forgiveness for yourself.



“It’s self-freeing. It allows you to be better,” she says.

“There is no difference between a mental health issue and a neurological issue.”

She has created a YouTube video that teaches how “arousal chemicals” released in times of uncontrollable anxiety inhibit a person’s insight, reasoning, empathy, conscience, patience, judgment, and control of emotions, thoughts and actions.

Speaking over the phone from her home in Bethany, Connecticut, Prof Arnsten answers some questions on the topic:

Are people acting in ways that reflect the change in their brains?

You really see this in some places.

Connecticut is doing so well. It’s really a “prefrontal” state.

A simple way of saying that is that they are being thoughtful.

You see (US) states where there’s been poor leadership and people are encouraged to be reactive rather than thoughtful; where so many people are dying; (and) where people say, just go out and party, don’t wear a mask, just do what you want to do, don’t be thoughtful about consequences.

They want the right to act like that even though it kills others.

Can you give some behavioural examples?

The prefrontal cortex controls wisdom and judgment.

When it goes “offline”, control goes to our primitive brain circuits. We can get angry very easily. We can say things that we later regret to people we love. Anger can get the best of us. Rather than being thoughtful, you yell at a store clerk and throw groceries in his face.

Is this change in brain chemicals from stress ever useful?

A: Yes. It can orchestrate a response in an unconscious, primitive way that could save your life.

For example, if what is stressing you is that you are suddenly being cut off on the highway.

You stop thinking about your plans for going to a party on Saturday night and slam on the brakes really fast.

But if the stressor is an invisible virus, losing your prefrontal function is extraordinarily unhelpful and more dangerous.

Why does the stress from the pandemic feel uncontrollable?

This has been studied in families.

If a child feels a parent is in control, even though something terrible is happening, the kid is OK.

Part of what is so stressful right now is the feeling that there’s no parent in the room taking charge of this pandemic, so we’re all at the mercy of this random destruction.

... Our current government makes us feel out of control, and that is the exact thing that increases the stress response and impairs our prefrontal function.

That’s an uncontrollable stress.

Q: Can long-term uncontrollable stress cause permanent neurological change?

A: Yes. With chronic stress, along with the chemical changes, there are also architectural changes where you lose the connections between brain cells and the prefrontal cortex.

Research on young rats indicates that with sufficient time spent being nonstressed, connections grow back. We didn’t see that in old rats. Resilience seems to be age dependent, but maybe we need to wait longer.

How can people control their stress and reduce these chemicals in the brain?

Exercise if you can. Get that oxygen.

Eat healthy.

Get plenty of sleep.

Those things truly matter. The prefrontal cortex is the Goldilocks of the brain. It likes to have everything just right.

It’s also good to help other people. It makes you feel better yourself.

Listen to your favourite music. Give yourself experiences of beauty.

... So often people don’t think to give these things to themselves.

Try to be your own cheerleader.

Stress can create changes in the brain that inhibits our judgement, empathy, reasoning and self-control. — TNS

Are there wrong ways to control stress?

I think a very natural thing to do, but that ends up being counterproductive, is abusing substances.

Alcohol makes you feel better for a little bit, but in the long run, it makes you feel worse.

The same thing goes for drugs. And the same thing goes for eating a lot of fattening foods, afterwards you hate yourself and then eat more.

It’s the same old same old as before the pandemic, but now it’s often intensified, because there you are home alone with your refrigerator. – The Hartford Courant/Tribune News Service

Top 4 Most Common Causes of Your Headache



“A bad headache can destroy all plans for the day.” 

These are few common type of headache:

1. Cervicogenic Headache

  • Commonly having one sided headache from the back of the head until forehead and eyes, it will involve with shoulder pain and soreness too.
  • It will last for one hour or several weeks
  • Moderate to severe intensity

2. Migraine

  • One sided headache involving eyes and head mostly with gradual onset.
  • It will last for 4-72 hours
  • Moderate to severe intensity of headache

3. Tension Headache

  • Most common headache which involve bilateral side during the attacks.
  • It will last half an hour to several hours
  • Mild to high intensity
  • Normally can be resolved by OTC medication or Panadols.

4. Cluster Headache

  • Intense and explosive headache which involve at one side eye area more.
  • It can last for 3 hours or sometimes weeks follow by remission period for months or years.
  • High intensity of pain

5. Sinus Headache

  • Headache that involve forehead, eyes, eyebrows, cheek and ear due to inflammation of the sinus.
  • It will last days to weeks (resolved faster if treated)
  • Mild to moderate intensity
Pain pattern of cervicogenic headache
Work from home has become a lifestyle recently due to Covid-19, work at home will need to use computer or other electronic devices for longer period. Will this become one of the causes of your headache?
Check out the video below, it might give you an answer for your current headache !!

https://youtu.be/_IHvYvCUhF4

Article by LAI YU FENG
Physiotherapist of Your Physio Ampang

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Thursday, August 20, 2020

One minute exercise cures for health; 一分钟就见效:高血压、失眠、咳嗽、便秘……

一分钟就见效,快快收藏吧~








高血压、失眠、咳嗽、便秘……这些生活中经常我们遇到的疾病,困扰着很多人。除了吃药治疗,还有什么方法让病痛立马缓解呢?

其实只要学会利用我们身上的治病开关,一分钟就能见效,赶快收藏吧~






一分钟降血压

按摩头顶百会穴一分钟,可使血压明显下降,也可避免出现脑血管意外。






一分钟降血糖

按摩足内侧缘,赤白肉际的然谷穴,可有效控制血糖。



一分钟降血脂

用双手拇指按揉双腿足三里穴(膝盖外侧凹陷,位于膝盖下三寸,胫骨外侧一横指处),可有效控制降低血脂。



一分钟降尿酸

按揉前脚掌,人字沟处的涌泉穴,可增强人体的水液代谢,有效降低体内尿酸。



一分钟缓解心绞痛

按压中指尖的中冲穴,可缓解心绞痛。





一分钟缓解心慌气短

按压手腕处的神门穴,可缓解心慌气短。




一分钟缓解失眠

小臂自然下垂,拍打大腿外侧风市穴,很快便可产生睡意。






一分钟缓解头痛

按压后脑与脖子连接两侧处的风池穴,头痛立马缓解。






一分钟缓解便秘

按揉腕背横纹上3寸的支沟穴,按摩之后缓解便秘。






一分钟止咳

按揉喉咙下凹陷处的天突穴,可以有很好的止咳效果。






一分钟缓解牙痛

按压合谷穴,牙痛马上缓解






一分钟缓解打嗝

按压眉头的攒竹穴,打嗝即止。






一分钟缓解落枕

握拳,从手腕推到小指手指方向到尽头,一遍按揉后溪穴,一遍活动脖子即可缓解。






一分钟缓解腿抽筋

用力按压患侧小腿上的承山穴,即可快速缓解抽筋。
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            


两手对搓一分钟
两手掌快速对搓300次,刺激手掌穴位可通六经、强内脏,调和阴阳之气,治疗肩痛、眼睛疲劳。

手指摩头一分钟
手指由前额深摩头顶至脑后,每秒2~4次,可促进脑部血液回流,使发根得到充分营养,令头发黑亮。

揉耳轮一分钟
双手轻揉左右耳轮至热,有通经散热、保健听力的作用,尤其对耳鸣、目眩、健忘有防治功效。  

转睛一分钟
眼球顺时针和逆时针各转动30次,可以强化眼肌,防治慢性角膜炎、近视等功能。

拇指揉鼻一分钟
双手拇指上下揉鼻50次,可开肺窍,对感冒、上呼吸道感染、支气管炎,甚至对心脏病、动脉硬化有防治功效。

叩齿卷舌一分钟
轻叩牙齿,可使牙根和牙龈活血,卷舌可使舌活动自如,增加其灵敏度。

轻按肚脐一分钟
双手掌心交替顺时针揉摩肚脐,可通畅胃肠之气,促进消化

收腹提肛一分钟
反复收缩肛门,可增强肛门括约肌的收缩力,促进血液循环

伸屈四肢一分钟
伸屈运动可使血液迅速回流,给心脑系统供给足够的氧气和血液

蹬摩脚心一分钟
仰卧以双足跟交替蹬摩脚心,可引导肾脏虚火及上身浊气下降,并能清肝明目,对治疗神经衰弱、失眠、耳鸣等均有疗效

虎口平击一分钟:面部疾病
针对:视力模糊,鼻炎,牙疼;预防感冒。

手掌侧击一分钟:防止骨退化

针对:头痛、颈痛;预防骨刺;骨退化。

手腕互击一分钟:心肺疾病
针对:心脏病;胸痛;胸闷。

十指交叉互击一分钟:抗麻
针对:手麻、脚麻等末梢循环的问题。

拳击掌心各一分钟:疲劳
针对:提神消除疲劳。

手背互击一分钟:内脏问题
针对:糖尿病,调整内脏机能。

搓双耳一分钟:促血液循环
针对:头部、面部的血液循环,有利于防止血栓。
手掌心捂热捂眼睛一分钟:老花眼
针对:预防近视、老花以及视力模糊。











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